1 Corinthians 4:12-13

12and we alabor, working with our own hands. bWhen reviled, we bless; cwhen persecuted, we endure; 13when slandered, we entreat. dWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ethe refuse of all things.

2 Timothy 2:25

25correcting his opponents fwith gentleness. God gmay perhaps grant them repentance hleading to a knowledge of the truth,
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